Nisha Batra
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Nisha Batra was a fictional character in the British soap opera Brookside
. She was played by Sunetra Sarker
.
Nisha first appeared in 1988, working alongside Sammy Rogers
at a local supermarket after school - a job she had taken without the knowledge of her strict family, who believed she was using the time to study at the library. Their friendship grew when a strike at the supermarket's wholesalers meant they had no work, and so they both returned to Sammy's house to listen to music.
A significant ongoing storyline for Nisha, Sammy and Sammy's boyfriend Owen came in the summer of 1989, when, following a night out with a group of friends, they were involved in a serious car accident which killed the driver of their car (a young man whom one of their friends had just met in a nightclub). At the inquest some months later, it emerged that all the girls except Sammy had been somewhat economical with the truth in order to spare the feelings of the deceased's parents. This, coupled with Nisha's progress in her studies (while Sammy found herself struggling academically) led to the girls drifting apart, and the character was gradually seen less and less in the series.
Nisha re-appeared in the show ten years later and began working as a nurse. Her biggest storylines in her final years on the programme involved affairs with Jerome Johnson much to the annoyance of Nikki Shadwick
in 2002 and Gary Parr in 2003.
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
. She was played by Sunetra Sarker
Sunetra Sarker
Sunetra Sarker is an English actress, most notable for her role as Dr Zoe Hanna on Casualty.Sarker has a degree in Information Systems for Business with French from Brunel University....
.
Nisha first appeared in 1988, working alongside Sammy Rogers
Sammy Rogers
Samantha 'Sammy' Rogers is a fictional character in the British soap opera Brookside. She was played by Rachel Lindsay....
at a local supermarket after school - a job she had taken without the knowledge of her strict family, who believed she was using the time to study at the library. Their friendship grew when a strike at the supermarket's wholesalers meant they had no work, and so they both returned to Sammy's house to listen to music.
A significant ongoing storyline for Nisha, Sammy and Sammy's boyfriend Owen came in the summer of 1989, when, following a night out with a group of friends, they were involved in a serious car accident which killed the driver of their car (a young man whom one of their friends had just met in a nightclub). At the inquest some months later, it emerged that all the girls except Sammy had been somewhat economical with the truth in order to spare the feelings of the deceased's parents. This, coupled with Nisha's progress in her studies (while Sammy found herself struggling academically) led to the girls drifting apart, and the character was gradually seen less and less in the series.
Nisha re-appeared in the show ten years later and began working as a nurse. Her biggest storylines in her final years on the programme involved affairs with Jerome Johnson much to the annoyance of Nikki Shadwick
Nikki Shadwick
Nikki Shadwick is a character in Channel 4 soap Brookside played by Suzanne Collins from 1998 until the programme's final episode on 4 November 2003.-Introduction:...
in 2002 and Gary Parr in 2003.